Richard Gasquet back in form at the best time.
A few days before the start of Roland-Garros (May 22-June 5), the Biterrois paid the scalp to Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16 in Geneva (6-2, 7-5).
A prestigious victory against the world number 2, certainly in the recovery phase and less comfortable on clay, which allows Gasquet (75th in the world) to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss tournament, where he will face an opponent much less prestigious (Kamil Majchrzak, 81st in the world, or Marco Cecchinato, 134th) for a place in the last four.
This is the first victory against a member of the world's top 2 for the 35-year-old Frenchman.
The last one already on earth, dated from 2005 and a victory against the “master” Roger Federer (then number 1) in Monte-Carlo.